In the Philippines treasure reclamation requires a permit that entitles the government to 30% of the findings. The Skeptoid weekly science podcast is a free public service from Skeptoid Media, a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit. In 1931, a fur trapper named Phil Powers decided to try his luck at striking it rich. Part of me understood why the director struggled with the filming, and ultimately did a poor job. The story has inspired many books to be written, and many artists have created works based by the event. 0000003280 00000 n He had a PhD in theology and had his work presented in multiple Christian publications, including a terrifying pamphlet that claimed that the Antichrist was coming. It was hardly secure. We exchanged emails, became friends, and made plans to meet at his home outside Carcassonne, France. Poster of the fake golden buddha (from the Roxas Museum in Baguio) The driver proceeded to peer out of the passenger-side window, as if he was trying to confirm their identity. Without receiving the whole story on the events of the day, many have classified this case as an unsolved mystery. But in war someone has to lose. As if that was not sensational enough, he added that this site was the one that President Marcos had visited and declared he was going to excavate next, only he died before getting the chance. Andrew Gough. In reviewing their 2003 book, he wrote: The Seagraves are not fully reliable as historians. Can it? Twice a day I climb into each of the sites that we are excavating to check for cyanide, he added in his authoritative Austrian accent. This time he remained hidden for a year, before being arrested after he returned to Baguio in July 1972. In 2010, Curtis Merworth, Ardean Charles, and Malcolm Meeks were three friends in Salt Lake City, Utah. In August I flew to Manila and was greeted by a group of treasure hunters, including ex-military men, who transported me to a site to the north east. I am sorry that you must die for me, I repeated, over and over. Andrew Gough. Many of these men were infected New Yorkers who had traveled to California. Dunning, B. It was time to see an excavation in progress. Much to his surprise, and with no background or training in the discipline, Klaus achieved instant success. We started filming after 11pm and finished at 2am; hardly condusive to peak performance, but it was nice of the director to squeeze me in. His conviction was supported by four first-hand accounts and multiple treasure maps given to him by eyewitnesses. It read, I understand you met with my brother, Henry, in Baguio. Klaus extended his elbows and fixed his clenched fists against his chest. Nope, we had to move on; places to be. Over time I reached out to Klaus in the hope that he would write an article for the magazine. They were apparitions; ghost soldiers. One day, he got into his car and drove away. Or we all die. I had come across some real charlatans in my time, but nevertheless I was listening politely and was relieved to discover that Klaus agreed with my bias. In fact, treasure hunters die each week in the Philippines, mostly due to the accidental release of cyanide capsules hidden along the tunnel walls. xref Like Cheatham, Cathcarts team discovered Curtis in Las Vegas, and made a videotape detailing how he had spent many hours with Marcos in 1975, and had visited the president in his summer palace, where he saw the distinctively styled golden buddha, which (he later testified) he had examined closely, including its removable head. xb```Vvk>c`0p s*9yZJa`Xl Q|bg7633;,3i Torturing surrendered military leaders was a war crime, but those of minor rank were considered fair game. We said goodbye to Henry and headed out for lunch. Despite his altruistic intentions (ie not wanting to risk more of the team getting injured than was necessary), this approach would prove fatal, as he did not do a very good job, and Klaus would have to reshoot the tunnel footage himself, weeks later, and with far inferior equipment. There was more, but as I have signed a non-disclosure agreement, I will refrain from commenting further. How exciting is that?, Klaus posing with a Japanese treasure symbol, a heart, which he found in a backfilled treasure tunnel The director was also our health and safety manager for the shoot, and he opted to leave the cameraman behind and do the filming at the bottom of the tunnel complex himself. Let us email you a link to each week's new episode. Andrew Gough. If you like this programming, please become a member. Is this what Klaus should expect to find in his treasure chambers? I suppose alls well that ends well. Estimates of the total buried treasure start at $100 billion and soar to a high of $2 trillion in gold bullion, a figure cited by a respected Manila columnist, Hilarion Henares. You must be about two hundred and ten to fifteen feet deep. When sharp protests came from Manilas lovers, who lost the use of the historic tourist site as a traditional trysting place, the presidential guard put up a sign at the forts front gate declaring simply, Closed for Renovations.. On the taxi ride home I unexpectedly wept for the cobra. Thats how the healer works; the sheet serves as an X-ray filter and highlights what needs to be healed. Andrew Gough. In 1993, treasure hunter Charles McDougald published Asian Loot: Unearthing the Secrets of Marcos, Yamashita and the Gold. I was amazed, and excited. The doomed engineers had installed booby traps at each of the one hundred and seventy-five treasure sites either explosives and/or cyanide. I was horrified to learn that I had to select which cobra would be sacrificed. Andrew Gough. The Japanese Massacre of Nanjing, the then capital of China, 1937. Curiously, his death was not announced publicly until ninety days later. 0000001139 00000 n I want to show you something. I struggled to untangle my torso from the back seat and limped over to where Klaus was standing. I went for a walk around campus and when I returned the production manager politely asked me to join them, as they were about to begin, and so I did. Roxas testified, returned to hiding, was discovered by Marcoss men and tortured. I had felt the same energy when I was dowsing with Klaus. I will always appreciate your sacrifice. Torn Treasure Map 1: On the far left side of the map, at the start of the Little Creek River, inside a drawer of a wooden hut. The treasure locations are spread all across the land of Red Dead Redemption. This was a game changer. He wrote that he would leave all his money to someone who could prove the existence of the human soul. The golden buddha was real but not the gold bullion. I could not believe he knew about it all, let alone had such a peculiar opinion about it. Its akin to what was found in Egypt in the pyramids. Many people died a couple of months ago not far from here, Klaus continued. Presenting on The Truth about Yamashitas Gold. After numerous failed attempts they found him. The site we were hiking to was remote, and near a natural landmark that was apparently mentioned in the Japanese treasure maps. I wanted to leave, but the caretaker said I mustnt; the healer had sent me, and I needed to complete his process. Oihara was there too. There, some say, it remains today waiting for someone possibly for you to find it and walk away. As a result, experienced treasure hunters do not use explosives or, for that matter, motorised devices. Another of Roxass helpers was the American, John Ballinger, who had fought in a guerrilla unit in the region during the war. 0000001318 00000 n Roxas was convinced there was treasure buried around the Baguio Hospital, but was unsure exactly where to look. When the Japanese were covering up the (treasure) chamber, they put in layers of clay, then sand, then clay, then sand. I was lying on a table in my underwear with a sheet laid over my body. Watch the two-hour special of The Curse of Yamashitas Gold on Forbidden History, Series 6, on Discovery Science and other international channels from April 2020. His gun was found a few feet away as if tossed to the side. We added each other on Skype and began a custom of speaking most days. They brought dogs and donkeys to help carry their supplies. These sites were protected by ancient rituals performed by Shinto priests. While Santy had resorted to torture, Lansdale offered Major Kojima a lifeline he proposed a share of the treasure if he showed the Americans where the Japanese had hidden the gold, and within weeks Major Kojima led Santy and Lansdale to a dozen easily accessible treasure sites in and around Manila. Such a thing is well proven to be one way that intelligence agencies move funds around. Roxas escaped from his hotel and testified in front of the Senate once more, before ultimately being arrested for not appearing at the court hearing for his alleged illegal arms possession. His treasure tunnels would be sure to dazzle viewers. I sat on the bed trying to make sense of what had just happened, when the healer informed me that I needed to stop on my way to the airport and drink a cobras blood in order to complete my healing process. As we walked between sites with the camera crew, Klaus pointed out the many Japanese treasure symbols in the landscape. Rights and reuse information. All six bullets had apparently been fired at whoever or whatever had killed him.[2]. The sheer brutality of the working conditions is what struck me the most; the small, incremental gains that each day brought; hand and chisel, hauling rubble from the reclaimed tunnel backfill back up to the top. On my last night, after dinner, Klaus brought out a perfectly shaped cement heart complete with a flawlessly carved artery. Andrew Gough. Andrew Gough, Learning the art of dowsing Cathcart recounted how, on 24 May 1993, he had spoken to Roxas and had informed him that he would be escorted on a flight from Manila to Honolulu the next day. His efforts proved fruitless, however, and Fuchigami became despondent about the fact that he could not locate the tunnel system that his father had shown him as a child, even with a map. No further. With Henry Roxas, Rogers treasure-hunting son Bassist Phil Lesh remembers tasting the LSD as . Still, I seized the opportunity and worked with the production team to shape the initial storyline and ensure that it did not become a hatchet job. Good for her., The treasure-hunting schoolteachers back garden She was clearly in her 90s, and yet it was a long shot, but lo and behold we hit the jackpot. Regarding the Black Eagle Trust Fund, evidence also fails to show that any such program existed with that name but I'm not pointing a finger at anyone for making it up out of nothing. Later that day I drove to Klauss village. It came in 1988, right after Curtis and McDougald's headlines renewed the public's interest in the treasure. Prospective buyers took their turn examining the buddha, including Joe Oihara, a Japanese man who, on 1 April 1971, visited Roxas and shared the worrying detail that he was staying at the home of Ferdinand Marcoss mother, Josefa Edralin Marcos. Im in the Philippines. I recalled thinking at the time. Burning Shinto-priest incense that was discovered in the backfilled tunnels deep underground After her second NDE she began to have prophetic dreams, and claims to have been in regular contact with the spirit world. I approached the manager in charge and asked him what they were digging for. A powerful, all-purpose line that hit the sweet spot of subversive clichs, it made speakers appear smarter than they are. Four days later Roxas paid the price of his ill-advised actions. Random encounter with treasure hunter. I was especially interested in what had happened to the ancient relics of the East, and what exactly, if anything, remains to be discovered. After about two hours of digging, McSherry walked over to Dametz to let him know that it was time to drive home. And over here we have a marker stone, Klaus added in his patented Austrian deadpan. Web. Explaining how the fatal cave-in happened, McDougald began to sound as if he was talking about the Temple of Doom, as well as looking the part. Fair enough. Okubo also confided that the General had in his possession a solid gold buddha, which he kept in the convent where he stayed, across from the hospital, before depositing it in a vault beneath the hospital grounds. Roxas with the detached head of the golden buddha (from the Roger Roxas Museum in Baguio) The pillbox at Baguio Hospital Although Roxas had been defeated, he had protected his secret longer than anyone could have reasonably expected him to. Look at this tree, he abruptly proclaimed, stopping us dead in our tracks. It began The Great Soul Trial of 1967. San Francisco: Bookmark, 1993. There are far more people attempting to find treasure than there are success stories. What could go wrong? Twenty percent of the men who moved to California during the Gold Rush died from diseases like cholera within six months of their arrival. I could hear the priest explaining to others that he had, in fact, discovered a golden buddha of his own, but it was so deep and so heavy that he was unsure how to excavate it. Allan Quatermain, a hunter and adventurer, the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard 's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines. This is the basic theme of the urban legend known today as Yamashita's Gold. We proceeded to film three of Klauss four sites, the fourth being too flooded to enter. Yet Hunter, who passed away on Monday evening at the age of 78, did . The point being, Klaus was now very close. Los Angeles Times. Klaus interviewed him on camera, and afterwards we took turns examining the artefacts. I tried not to think about it as I descended the first sixty-foot shaft with a bamboo ladder that afforded my already wet and slippery wellies only about three inches of grip before my toes became jammed against the edge of the tunnel. The governor claims that there was no evidence of a massacre, so no one can assume that it happened. The massive collection of vaults was stacked top to bottom with row upon row of gold bars. They were in their sleeping bags, but their heads were missing. Their families believe that the men were all killed by a gang who decided to take the gold mine for themselves. Ill explain, but were not at the bottom yet. Roger ROXAS and The Golden Budha Corporation, a foreign corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Ferdinand E. MARCOS and Imelda Marcos, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees. In addition, he is a co-founder of Gemini Marine Exploration, the company that specializes in recovery of historical shipwrecks. I was fitted with wellies, an old helmet and a rusty harness that consisted of a single metal hook that latched onto a solitary harness strap on my back. After some diligent detective work Cathcarts team discovered Cheatham working as a night-time security guard in a Las Vegas hotel. This way, he could use them as ransom against Marcos, who owed him money for the gold they had already retrieved and sold. He brushed off the incident as an attempt to stir up trouble by the opposition, the name given to citizens who are against Nicolas Maduro, the current president of Venezuela. The intimidating entrance to the tunnel shaft It was 2001 and I was living in Istanbul and working for IBM. He said that Roger only came out of hiding in 1988, shortly after President Marcos had fled to Hawaii while under house arrest. If they had happened, and I had known about them, I would have punished the wrongdoers severely. We all like to imagine were going to knock a stone wall down and were going to find golden chests overflowing with emeralds and rubies and diamonds, all guarded by a big cobra snake, he said. #673 I was not surprised by their rejections. Since there was no evidence that he had attempted to climb the cliff, his parents believe that he must have fallen and his body was miraculously caught on the ledge, which is how his remains stayed fully intact for three years. It was bucketing down. Best known as lyricist for some of the best known Jerry Garcia / Grateful Dead songs and his various collaborations with Bob Dylan. His cabin had been burned to the ground. Im sorry what was that? I retorted apologetically. Still, I was excited to see Klaus again and to inspect some other treasure sites that I had been tracking for some time. Those who did not kill themselves ritually would gradually suffocate, surrounded by gold bars. Keep going. Andrew Gough. It does not need to be any wider, Klaus added authoritatively. When we opened the tunnel, air hit the sand. Cobra blood is thought to contain vital regenerative qualities and is said to bond the drinker to the cobra family We rode back to Klauss house for what was to be a fascinating evening. I know nothing, he said humbly. Lansdale could not believe his luck and promptly informed US General Douglas MacArthur, who returned to the Philippines to inspect the extraordinary discovery for himself. Wow, I mumbled under my breath. Since Feb. 12, with the full sanction and protection of President Corazon Aquinos government, McDougalds group has been tunneling more than 20 feet into the catacombs under Manilas oldest structure, 16th-Century Ft. Santiago. The old woman was sensational and described how she and her family had hidden in the hills as the Japanese processed by with an ox pulling a cart that contained what appeared to be a heavy box. There was also the odour; the smell of decomposed bodies. When will Klaus enter his first chamber? Rodger is also known as the father of Darrell Miklos, a TV personality and a treasure hunter too. The cameraman was brilliant, and not impressed with the fact that he was prohibited from entering the tunnels to do his job. I had been miles away. They investigated and validated first-hand testimony that corroborated the existence of the golden buddha and the gold bullion. Nearby, in a man-made chamber measuring ten feet by thirty feet, Roxas found more gold, this time packed into hundreds of small wooden boxes. Oihara promised to purchase the golden buddha and to return in a few days with a down payment of one million pesos. He recounted how he was struck with a sense of justice and responsibility as he retrieved the flyer, uncrumpled it, wiped off the coffee stains, and dialled the phone number at the bottom. How could I tell if some of my soldiers misbehaved themselves? He remembered being perturbed, and as he swivelled his chair to take a seat at his desk, he noticed the GBC flyer was still in the rubbish bin. Klaus had nailed it. With a change of shirt I descended once again into the abyss. After a raucous reception dinner we agreed a plan for the next several days. For their safety I will refrain from stating where I met them, but suffice to say it was worth the journey. Many were husbands and fathers who had traveled in hopes of providing for their families back home. There was no doubt in my mind that Henry was every bit the fortune hunter his father had been. They have a tendency to overreach, exaggerating the roles of Japanese gangsters and ex-military American bit-players when the bankers, politicians and CIA operatives are scary enough. The other reason the treasure failed to reach home was the Japanese criminal underworld, and the immensely clever and powerful people who were its patrons. Klaus confirmed that he too had drunk the cobras blood, and that a local shaman had approached him and told him that he knew Klaus had bonded with the cobra family, and so had the spirit-guardian cobra at his one site. I arrived in Manila, where I was greeted by the fixer and transported to Klauss village. Marcos soon learned that if he wanted to maximise the value of his finds, he needed to transform the ancient gold bars into a format that could be exchanged on modern gold markets, namely the London gold standard. It was, and the Roxas brothers are said to have extracted three handfuls of assorted precious stones and diamonds, which they promptly hid before reattaching the golden buddhas head. What if the so-called carer had been planted by a covert government agency? They had been in hiding in Manila, where they were awaiting word from Cathcart. No-one was interested. I thought to myself with some alarm. Andrew Gough. They chose to go on a day when it was 46 degrees Celsius (115 F), but they didnt bring their cell phones with them. The United States had stumbled upon the greatest treasure hoards in history, including more gold bullion than was known to be in existence, and would use this unfathomable wealth to influence world affairs, win the Cold War, launch a space programme, and create a new world order. Andrew Gough. Andrew Gough. Locals commented that everyone knows to stay away from that area in the summertime because the extreme heat can be dangerous.[10]. Apparently, it was my destiny to help. He had a copper mining company and also staked a claim on plots of land that he used to mine gold. Bizarrely, the non-believer of a director was not interested in trying to speak to the old woman, who was only over yonder. It is not a matter of if he will succeed, but when, and I believe it will be soon. Valmores was entrusted with detailed maps of each of the 175 treasure sites, a privilege that President Marcos would later exploit. Many Japanese soldiers and engineers involved in the project were also sealed inside the tunnels in order to keep them from revealing the location. Europe and others push for a standard lunar time zone, Bola Tinubu, the declared winner of Nigerias presidential election, appeals for unity, A 5,000-year-old restaurant highlights Iraqs archaeological renaissance, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff. Curtis had raised funding for his treasure hunt by claiming that Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos himself had personally invited him to recover the gold based on his unique expertise. I sensed wetness and as I propped myself up and looked down at where he was working all I could see was blood. I made a note to myself; next time I visit I must avoid the monsoon season. I was to tone down my enthusiasm, and bias, for the benefit of the narrative. But Japan needed that money badly to pay for its war effort; it would not have converted it to gold bars and sent it away to be buried. This was the result Marcos had been waiting for. After some time she purchased a new home for her parents and one for herself. The facts behind the urban legend that billions in Japanese gold lie buried in the Philippines. Could he have harnessed the legendary viral energy that I had read so much about? Since that day, the location has been known as Headless Creek in Deadmen Valley. The Supreme Court ruled that Roxas had recovered a plundered Japanese buddha, and that it was solid gold, and that on multiple occasions Marcos sold large quantities of gold on the black market. When his body was finally discovered in 2012, it was 11 meters (35 ft) off the ground inside a crevasse on the edge of a cliff. He had spoken to the village elders and learned of locations from their first-hand accounts as to where the Japanese were observed to have buried boxes in tunnel systems deep underground. The rods always seemed dead. Speak to it and explain what is going to happen, and why, he instructed. Sen. Ernesto Maceda, one of the more skeptical critics of the hunt, asked McDougald whether he still plans to finish his book on hidden wealth. As he detailed the story of how he first became embroiled with Roxas, his manner and cadence reminded me of Jimmy Stewart, or Tom Hanks. It was entirely out of context of our discussion to have done so. Hes also a sign of Mexicos healthcare crisis, Some pharmacies in Mexico passing off fentanyl, meth as legitimate pharmaceuticals, TikTok faces bans in a number of countries over security fears. McDougald was reluctant to discuss details of the groups actual mining methods, but he stayed in character when describing what he expects to find at the end of the tunnel. The town had been occupied and governed by General Yamashita in the early 1940s. On the way home Klaus instructed our tricycle driver to take us along the coastal road. After all, that was why we were there. The hospital was on public grounds and was highly visible; covert excavation was simply not an option. More of that, he encouraged. 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